Al Roker offers weather report from kitchen after 'Today' staffer tests positive for coronavirus
Idris Elba, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are among some of the high-profile names who have tested positive for coronavirus. Wochit "Today" host Al Roker isn't letting a location change stop him from delivering the weather. Roker and Craig Melvin were absent from NBC's morning show Monday after an employee who works on the show tested positive for the coronavirus, host Savannah Guthrie announced.Roker returned to the air Tuesday, giving the weather report while standing next to a computer set up in his kitchen. "I didn't have to commute in, so I did sleep in," Roker told Guthrie and host Hoda Kotb. "Want to make sure there are no NBC News crews here. This is my iPad (filming) … and we've kind of jerry-rigged this system, and I've got all my graphics and everything I need." And though some who are working from home amid the coronavirus precautions might opt for more casual attire, Roker jokingly confirmed he was ...